I've released Kitsune's Curse, a new platformer for the Amstrad CPC (64k).
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Current version is 1.0.1.
You can download the game (CDT & DSK) from: https://www.usebox.net/jjm/kitsunes-curse/
GX4000 specific build to come a bit later, bear with me.
As you may know, Poly Play is put together an awesome Collector's Edition available in cassette and 3" / 3.5" disc; to be announced later on.
Enjoy!
The game is a continuation to Golden Tail: https://www.usebox.net/jjm/golden-tail/
It was challenging to make, and you can read the dev thread here: https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/programming/kitsune's-curse-(development)/msg148727/
PS: again, a bit before the official release :D
Thank you for your time and effort.
Oh yeah!!! Will play it this week-end!!!
https://youtu.be/Vykr3fZ2Y-Y
If (when?) you finish the game, remember to take a screenshot or photo of the end game screen and share it here.
It is spoilers free and it will rank your performance. Perhaps we can have a bit of a competition!
Looks awesome, thank you! I'm going to fire it up this weekend!
I played it yesterday late at night ;).
It's really good. But it's also quite hard! The first cave is really not easy at all, I hope it will not scare beginner players.
I found the fact that you can not jump once you are invisible rather strange at first, but once accepted, it gives more strategy to the game.
I manage to reach the first castle... More on this later :).
Great job, as always!
POQA ??? what is this sorcery??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Targhan on 10:57, 17 April 20
I played it yesterday late at night ;).
It's really good. But it's also quite hard! The first cave is really not easy at all, I hope it will not scare beginner players.
I found the fact that you can not jump once you are invisible rather strange at first, but once accepted, it gives more strategy to the game.
I manage to reach the first castle... More on this later :).
Great job, as always!
You will get better! The first part of the forest and the fist cave is what I consider "the tutorial". The second cave is a bit harder because is not always obvious where / how to jump. By the time you get to the castle without much thinking, you'll have the skills to face new challenges!
It works like in the first game with a small difference (on top of the visual cue): you have a couple of fames to jump after activating the magic (to make it easier to play with joystick, mostly).
And thanks!
I knew @XeNoMoRPH (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1952) would request this, so I had to do this: ;)
1 ' Kitsune's Curse pokes
2 ' by Nich
3 '
10 MEMORY &81FF
20 MODE 1:CALL &BC02
30 INPUT"Infinite lives (Y/N)? ",e$
40 e$=UPPER$(e$)
50 IF INSTR("YN",e$)=0 THEN 30
60 INPUT"Unlock all doors (Y/N)? ",k$
70 k$=UPPER$(k$)
80 IF INSTR("YN",k$)=0 THEN 60
90 LOAD"kitcurs",&8200
100 a=&A000
110 READ h$
120 IF h$="END" THEN 150
130 POKE a,VAL("&"+h$)
140 a=a+1:GOTO 110
150 IF e$="Y" THEN POKE &A014,1
160 IF k$="Y" THEN POKE &A019,&3E:POKE &A01E,0
170 CALL &A000
180 DATA 21,00,82,11,00,02,01,7f
190 DATA 01,d5,ed,b0,21,13,a0,22
200 DATA 89,02,c9,3e,fd,32,40,8e
210 DATA 3e,28,32,0b,1c,3e,35,32
220 DATA f1,1f,c3,00,0b
230 DATA END
Quote from: Nich on 20:57, 17 April 20
I knew @XeNoMoRPH (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1952) would request this, so I had to do this: ;)
I'd love to avoid spoilers, makes the experience nicer if the players find things by themselves.
But this is just fine. Like using snapshots ;) Whatever makes you enjoy the game more.
Oh yeah, great 8)
This will give me something really enjoyable this weekend, thx for your time and effort, will buy the poly play version for sure .... this looks so great 8) ;D
Thanks another great Amstrad game @reidrac (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1504) i feel a trip to PolyPlay in order to add to my collection 😊
Ah! This is super nice! It looks and plays really really well :D
Poly Play has opened pre-orders here: https://www.polyplay.xyz/navi.php?qs=Kitsune+curse
The shop says 25.05.2020, but please take into account that delays are possible because all the COVID-19 situation.
The box art is quite nice! (see here: https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/programming/kitsune's-curse-(development)/msg185722/#msg185722)
Played a lot last weekend, love it !!! 8)
With some practice and the knowledge of the magic usage you can move on fast and the game feels so good, thx for this great game ;D
P.S : We need a THUMBSUP smilie here please :P
reserved 8)
Will Polyplay restock big box/collector release of Magica & golden Tail too ?
Quote from: kawickboy on 13:25, 21 April 20
Will Polyplay restock big box/collector release of Magica & golden Tail too ?
I don't know. They usually re-stock, but you'll have to ask them.
EDIT: also take into account that these games are from 2016; although the physical release came a bit later, they had a good run!
Bit late to the party, congratulations on the release :) Preordering without delay!
The Collector's Edition is ready to ship!
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If you are interested, you can order here: https://www.polyplay.xyz/navi.php?suche=kitsune&lang=eng
Yeah !!! finally i will have my Kitsune's Curse - Collector's Edition - Cassette :D
New batch?
Quote from: Gryzor on 08:26, 30 June 20
New batch?
As far as I know, this is the first batch. When the free download was released, art, manual design, etc were finished but because COVID other bits took longer than usual (e.g. the tapes).
Shipping should start shortly.
(as always, this is second hand info; Poly Play is in charge of the physical ed)
Will polyplay restock other collector edition actually soldout ?
Quote from: reidrac on 08:31, 30 June 20
As far as I know, this is the first batch. When the free download was released, art, manual design, etc were finished but because COVID other bits took longer than usual (e.g. the tapes).
Shipping should start shortly.
(as always, this is second hand info; Poly Play is in charge of the physical ed)
Ah yes, kinda lost the plot. Still waiting for my order, too.
Quote from: kawickboy on 08:39, 30 June 20
Will polyplay restock other collector edition actually soldout ?
They usually do, but it depends on the game (if is a good seller and how long it has been in stock).
You may want to send them an email asking.
Especially Magica & Golden tail big box release.
The game is being shipped now!
https://twitter.com/reidrac/status/1281850657687953410
(at least some people have received it!)
I have golden tail already. I will order Kitsune's Curse!
btw, is Night Knight an MSX version of Magica or a totally different game? I actually want Magica - but i guess I will only be able to buy it on the Poly Play Anniversay tapes.
Quote from: zhulien on 10:28, 11 July 20
I have golden tail already. I will order Kitsune's Curse!
btw, is Night Knight an MSX version of Magica or a totally different game? I actually want Magica - but i guess I will only be able to buy it on the Poly Play Anniversay tapes.
Night Knight is a different game, not the same mechanics. I guess Poly Play may not re-stock it because it is a 4 year old game and it was popular, but it took a long time to sell all the copies.
I ordered the poly play anniversary for Magica and of course Kitsune's Curse on disc.
Quote from: zhulien on 11:16, 11 July 20
I ordered the poly play anniversary for Magica and of course Kitsune's Curse on disc.
my Kitsune's Curse - Collector's Edition - Cassette - Order(https://i.ibb.co/jvDyGtz/Sin-t-tulo.png)
One of my virtues is patience, I can understand that they have problems, but at least if I send emails to Poly.play, I hope they answer me saying some reason, for the delay
Only when I ask them on Twitter do they tell me something ...
And another curious thing, I have a friend who was in the same situation as me, but he got tired of waiting for the delivery and claimed paypal ... then they sent him the game ... I will keep waiting.
I'm sorry this is happening. I don't have information, so I can't say much.
I'll forward your comment to Poly Play.
Quote from: reidrac on 21:34, 11 July 20
I'm sorry this is happening. I don't have information, so I can't say much.
I'll forward your comment to Poly Play.
Don't worry about, they are already starting to ship all over the world, I don't think it will take long really to get to me, thanks
Got the same time window for my order, least they could do would be to change it so it reflects reality...
good news for me , Shipped on 13.07.2020 !!!! ;D
Hm, has it? For me it says 30/06 but the tracking says it was only received by the post yesterday or something...
I haven't received my copy either, not even a tracking code. I'm not in a hurry, though.
When you receive it, please share!
My Kitsune Curse Collectors Edition Cassette has arrived , tomorrow unboxing video !!! :laugh:
Not going to watch it, mine is in the country since this afternoon 😄
https://youtu.be/gJTDBAzN4s0 (https://youtu.be/gJTDBAzN4s0)
yes ... I know, I need a new HD camera :picard:
Quote from: XeNoMoRPH on 09:24, 24 July 20
yes ... I know, I need a new HD camera :picard:
Thanks for the unboxing!
It looks really nice. I love Ralph's art, it is still an amazing feeling seeing your game in physical form with such good art.
Enjoy!
Very interesting this unboxing by Xenomorph. Thanks for sharing. (Doesn't your camera have a button like "close-up image" ? My very ancient and cheap camera has one :-)
A very well made box by Polyplay for a very well made game. So that form and content harmonize.
Reidrac, you're an artist. Not only graphically but alltogether I mean: design, coding, graphics, music.
It's lovely to see there's still men who manage to alone create an entire game, like in the good old (CPC) days.
All the best.
Released 1.0.1 with a bug fix in the pause code :picard:
Basically, if you pause, on resume it might crash the game in some conditions (re: a sound effect playing when the pause key was pressed).
Is not a big issue, but it is fixed now.
Quote from: reidrac on 14:54, 05 September 20
Released 1.0.1 with a bug fix in the pause code :picard:
Basically, if you pause, on resume it might crash the game in some conditions (re: a sound effect playing when the pause key was pressed).
Is not a big issue, but it is fixed now.
Actually, 5 days ago it arrived from Polyplay.. but welcome.., I will include the update also in the SD card... Thanks
Quote from: asertus on 20:35, 05 September 20
Actually, 5 days ago it arrived from Polyplay.. but welcome.., I will include the update also in the SD card... Thanks
There's not much we can do with the physical editions. At least we know there aren't game breaking bugs when we release!
Then, small issues like this one, I prefer to fix them because we're in 2020 and not in the 80s. As you say, you can get the digital version and you know it is fixed.
Needless to say that I try my best, and the testers spend a lot of time with each game, so the end product has top quality.
No prob, and I totally understand.., it was not a complaint, on the oposite.., a thank you. Nowadays I, and probably most people, play using digital format, using USB, or M4 or similar, even if bought physical edition...
Imagine having this kind of support in the 80s... :D